Nevada Revised Statutes Section 647.145 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Criminally receiving junk.

1. Any junk dealer or secondhand dealer, or any agent, employee or representative of a junk dealer or secondhand dealer, who buys or receives any junk which he knows or should reasonably know is ordinarily used by and belongs to a telephone, telegraph, gas, water, electric or transportation company or county, city or other political subdivision of this state engaged in furnishing utility service, and who fails to use ordinary care in determining whether the person selling or delivering such junk has a legal right to do so, is guilty of criminally receiving such property.

2. A person convicted of criminally receiving junk is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

Last modified: February 27, 2006